A San Pedro de Macorís judge issued a warrant for the arrest of Hector Geovanny Morla, who was in the passenger seat when Andres Julio Cespedes reportedly ran over three small children that were making their way home after baseball practice. After the accident, a video showed how Morla took the driver’s seat when the SUV sped off, leaving the children abandoned on the road.
The hearing of the accused in the case of the three children run over in the Santa Fe sector of San Pedro de Macoris, where two of the children died, was rescheduled for Wednesday, 23 February 2022. After weeks on the run, Cespedes turned himself in to the authorities. The arraignment was postponed after the Cespedes defense laws asked for more time to study the case.
Morla remains at large responsible for an accident where children died in San Pedro de Macoris.
The dead children are 7-year old Yeremi Nove and 5-year old Yeferson Nove.
The accident occurred when the Toyota 4Runner Limited 4WD hit the children who were accompanied by their father. The Toyota SUV, year 2014, black, license plate G429832, was later found abandoned. A video shows that the driver got into the passenger seat, after the crash, and his companion took the wheel.
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El Caribe
DR1 News
15 February 2022